READING, WRITING, AND HISTORY

Reading, Writing, And History

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February 1963

14 years ago By admin

Volume

14

Issue

2

The Feel of the Lash Poverty and Cholera Numbness on the Heart

Stories published from "February 1963"

Poverty and Cholera

Authored by: Bruce Catton

The causes of the cholera epidemic of 1832 were wholly incomprehensible to the people of the time.

A Man Of Conscience

Authored by: Robert L. Reynolds

In an era when political morality had sunk low, an immigrant, Carl Schurz, helped rally the republic to its ancient ideals

“here Is My Home At Last!”

Authored by: Carl Carmer

When Brigham Young’s party abandoned Illinois to seek a final refuge for the Latter-day Saints, none knew where they would come to rest. But as they entered Salt Lake Valley, they were sure that the long quest was over

Was The Secretary Of War A Traitor?

Authored by: W. A. Swanberg

On the brink of the Civil War southern arsenals began to fill with thousands of federal guns, sent there by a Cabinet officer

America On Ice

Authored by: Dick Button

No matter how chilly, there was no place like a slick stretch of ice on which to exercise and socialize in wintertime. All it took was a pair of skates—and a sense of humor when one’s sense of balance failed

Conquest And The Cross

Authored by: Lewis Hanke

Bartolomé de Las Casas was a voice crying in the wilderness against the ruthlessness of the conquistadors. Was the “Black Legend” true?

Six Minutes That Changed The World

Authored by: Samuel Eliot Morison

At 10:24 on the morning of June 4, 1942, the Japanese seemed to have won the Battle of Midway—and with it the Pacific war. By 10:30 things were different

G. Washington Meets A Test

Authored by: Thomas Fleming

What were the French up to in the Ohio Valley in 1753? Setting out in search of an answer, a bold young major from Virginia soon found himself skirting catastrophe

Our Fellow Immigrants

Authored by: Robert Froman

From the Old to the New World have come not only men but mice, peas and pigeons, cabbages and goats—multitudes of animal and vegetable settlers that have thrived in their adopted land

READING, WRITING, AND HISTORY

Reading, Writing, And History

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